NOW IN THEATERS

ALWAYS AT THE CARLYLE

Classic Manhattan glamour is on display in this light take on the Carlyle, a tony Upper East Side hotel where suites go for $10,000 to $20,000 a night. “You get what you pay for,” Condoleezza Rice tells director Matthew Miele. Many celebrity guests are interviewed, including George Clooney, Anthony Bourdain, and Elaine Stritch, as are longtime employees who are the picture of discretion when it comes to disclosing what goes on in the rooms at the Carlyle. Some hotel history is explored, but the overall endeavor lacks tension and feels more like an extended advertisement intent on branding than a legitimate attempt at documentary filmmaking. The Carlyle is portrayed as a family-run business when it is in fact owned by a corporation. Rated PG-13. 92 minutes. Jean Cocteau Cinema. (Jennifer Levin)

AMERICAN ANIMALS

The plotters in this true crime heist movie are college kids looking for zest in their lives. The path they choose is hitting the books. But the books in question are among the most valuable in the land, held under lock and key at Transylvania University’s library in Lexington, Kentucky. The big prize is John James Audubon’s Birds of America, with a street value of some $12 million. Writer-director Bart Layton keeps the pace brisk and entertaining, ratcheting it up from breezy fun to nail-biting suspense. This heist really happened, and interview footage with the perpetrators, who did seven years in the pen for their troubles, is interspersed effectively into the dramatized action. You’ll feel echoes here of many classic heist dramas, from Big Deal on Madonna Street to

Ocean’s 11. These lads definitely had Reservoir Dogs on their minds. But movies don’t always make a great template for real life. If there’s a moral to take away here, perhaps it’s “don’t try this at home.” Not rated. 116 minutes. Center for Contemporary Arts; Regal Stadium 14. (Jonathan Richards)

AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR

If you’ve been following the Marvel movies since Iron Man debuted in 2008, then this is the moment you’ve been waiting for — when all of your favorites come together. Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Captain America (Chris Evans), and Black